New renderings and details about the Star Wars-themed lands coming to both Walt Disney World and Disneyland were revealed at a panel discussion at Star Wars Celebration in Orlando.

The creative minds from both Disney Imagineering and Lucasfilm came together on stage at the Orange County Convention Center for the panel titled, “Star Wars and Disney Parks: A Galaxy in the Making.” Included on the panel were Disney executives Scott Trowbridge, Wendy Anderson, Asa Kalama and Chris Beatty as well as Lucasfilm creative executive Pablo Hidalgo and film designer Doug Chiang who has worked on four “Star Wars” films.

The six creative personalities shared details about the back story of the new Star Wars land as well as some of the experiences that will be available when it opens in 2019.

Construction images and renderings of the "Star Wars"-themed lands coming to both Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disneyland. The name of the new lands is Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge

When it opens, the 14-acre area at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, as well as its counterpart in California, will take guests into a new planet in the Star Wars universe.

“We wanted to build new Star Wars stories, new Star Wars destinations, but this time you could be in that story that required us to go to a new place,” Trowbridge said. “It's a new planet. It's a new place. It's this remote frontier outpost.”

Hildalgo added, “With every new Star Wars story it's like coming back home but finding a new corner of that home you've never explored before. When it came to developing this location...not only figuring out where this place is on the galactic map but what its history has been throughout galactic history.

“It's been there for thousands and thousands of years,” Hidalgo explained, “You're going to discover that. You're going to be able to get a sense of the history of the place when you go there.”

While some of the details about the location had previously been revealed, the panel put it more into focus. The planet is in the Star Wars universe’s Outer Rim in the Unknown Regions.

“This used to be a vibrant trading port back in the old sub-lightspeed days, but now with advent of hyperspace, its prominence has kind of fallen and faded a little bit which has made it a great spot for those who didn't want to be on that kind of mainstream path,” Trowbridge said. “The smugglers, the bounty hunters, the rogue adventurers looking to crew up, the people who don't want to be found — basically all the interesting people.”

One other aspect of the land that was delved into was how interactive the characters will be.

Kalama explains there will be opportunities for guests to take part in storylines while visiting.

“For those who are looking to delve a little but deeper, lots of opportunities circling about,” he said. “There are going to be a ton of opportunities to help out and support the Resistance, lots of smugglers and bounty hunters who are looking for a little bit of help and might be willing to offer you up a side job, and for those of you who are interested in supporting The First Order, that will absolutely be an opportunity as well.”

Kalama is working on one of the two rides that will be featured as well, a ride in which visitors can pilot the Millennium Falcon. He explains that the ride experience depends on the visitors.

“It's entirely up to you and your flight crew. Chances are you're going to make it to your destination on the other end. The ship just may be a little more damaged than when you begin,” he said. “It's really up to you. You can bring her in without a scratch on her or if you want to — you know if you're a practitioner of bumper bowling and you want to try to maneuver off a couple of those rock faces.”

This is where Kalama explains that sometimes the ride doesn’t end when you land the ship.

“There are consequences to your actions in this world so you know if you bring a ship pretty heavily damaged, chances are you know somebody's not going to be too happy about that,” he said. That someone may in fact be Chewbacca, as colleague Anderson did her best Wookiee impression.

“So again for those who are really interested in delving a little bit deeper, we're excited for opportunities where you know an experience might begin on board the Millennium Falcon and follow you right out the door of the attraction and into the local watering hole,” Kalama said.

Disney Parks put together this half real-half animation tease to construction of Star Wars Land at Disneyland. A version is also being created at Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios.

Disney Parks put together this half real-half animation tease to construction of Star Wars Land at Disneyland. A version is also being created at Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios.

The other ride coming to the Star Wars land will be one that puts visitors in middle of the action between the Resistance and The First Order. Williams is working on that one, and was excited about the level of involvement visitors will have when experiencing the ride.

“We're using rooftops, we're using ladders,” she said. “It's all kinds of fun stuff that we'll be able to talk about in more detail later. Man, you're going to feel like you're in the thick of it. You're not going to sit in a chair and watch it happening. You're going to be standing right in front of it. You're in the Star Wars.”

Construction images and video released by Disney in March showed progress on the building that will house this particular ride, and a big part of it is the presence of life-size AT-AT walkers — the same kind that first appeared in the battle on Hoth in “The Empire Strikes Back.”

These renderings show what the Star Wars-themed lands will look like at Walt Disney World and Disneyland when they open in 2019.

These renderings show what the Star Wars-themed lands will look like at Walt Disney World and Disneyland when they open in 2019.

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The new renderings shown were of what people would find when exploring the shops around this village. One of the more interesting ones was of what was most likely a meat vendor using a pod racer engine to heat the meat, according to Beatty.

“We're going to let you actually go and explore these streets and these markets and buy strange meat concoctions and hold up in you know weird vessels that you can walk around and eat and of course have to have a glass of blue milk,” he said. “That might have been a pod race engine that we've rigged up and you know maybe that's cooking the meat in this market. We're really trying to make sure there's something in this land for everyone that no matter where you come in to the story or into this saga that there's something there that will resonate with you.”

He said Star Wars fans are big on the details, and they will not be disappointed.

“You just never know like little details like you might hear things scurrying through the sewer systems so when you go to the restrooms, be careful what you drink out of, because the water fountains might have a familiar face or an eyeball,” he said. “We're making sure those details are in there.”

One other detail from the panel was the confirmation that there will be droids.

“Droids are such an important part of the Star Wars universe,” Kalama said. “They add so much heart and humor and they're so great for fans of all ages and our little corner of the galaxy is no different. We are going to see some droids that we know and love from screen as well as get the opportunity to meet some brand new droids we've never seen before, each with their own unique sort of personality and character. They're going to be really sort of bustling around this village … and bringing it to life in a fun and exciting way.”

Panelist Chiang, who worked on “Episode I: The Phantom Menace” and “Episode II: Attack of the Clones” as a design director and returned as a concept artist for “The Force Awakens” and production designer on “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” mirrored other executives enthusiasm about bringing the worlds from film into real life.

“It's been really fun because I approached this as just another film and we design it like that because it has to be as expansive as that,” he said. “With the park what i really like about this is you're going to be able to live it. The great thing about this is this is going to be a like 14-plus-acre movie set that's real - the rocks are real, every detail is real and so the approach was that let's do some real world building where we actually can have the tools and abilities with the talented team here to make it pretty authentic.”

It's the largest expansion of any theme park Disney has ever undertaken.

“You're really going to feel like you're really there. The illusion is going to be completely immersive and just amazing.”

Scott Trowbridge with Walt Disney Imagineering details the new Star Wars Land including the two rides coming to both Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World and Disneyland.

Scott Trowbridge with Walt Disney Imagineering details the new Star Wars Land including the two rides coming to both Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World and Disneyland.